Win: Maury Turner (9-1) Loss: Dick Ruebel (1-8)
Save: Billy Tate (2)
Inning: 1 Boston Dick Ruebel pitching. Bob Henninger grounds out to the shortstop. Gus Lavelle strikes out. Les Thielman doubles past the center fielder. Russ Sykes flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Maury Turner pitching. Dee Robinson singles to left field. Dee Robinson steals second. Ken Nagatomi strikes out. Hirokazu Kawa grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Doc Reimer grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Al Gorsica flies out to the left fielder. Frank Gonzalez singles to right field. Tink Cardenas flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Fred Dunlop flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Kunihisa Shibata flies out to the right fielder. Daisuke Komatsubara lines out to the pitcher. Ginger Nordyke flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Maury Turner strikes out. Bob Henninger flies out to the left fielder. Gus Lavelle walks. Les Thielman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Jef Ceulemans singles to left field. Dick Ruebel fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Dick Ruebel strikes out. Jef Ceulemans is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Dee Robinson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Russ Sykes hits a home run. Al Gorsica strikes out. Frank Gonzalez grounds out to the pitcher. Tink Cardenas grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Ken Nagatomi strikes out. Hirokazu Kawa grounds out to the shortstop. Doc Reimer singles to right field. Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Fred Dunlop grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Maury Turner strikes out. Bob Henninger hits a home run. Gus Lavelle strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara pops out to the third baseman. Ginger Nordyke strikes out. Jef Ceulemans grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Les Thielman walks. Russ Sykes flies out to the left fielder. Al Gorsica lines out to the shortstop. Frank Gonzalez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Dick Ruebel grounds out to the shortstop. Dee Robinson grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Nagatomi walks. Hirokazu Kawa grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ken Nagatomi is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Tink Cardenas strikes out. Fred Dunlop grounds out to the second baseman. Maury Turner strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Doc Reimer singles to right field. Kunihisa Shibata hits a home run. Doc Reimer scores. Daisuke Komatsubara grounds out to the second baseman. Ginger Nordyke singles past the shortstop. Jef Ceulemans grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Ginger Nordyke is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Dick Ruebel grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Bob Henninger walks. Gus Lavelle flies out to the center fielder. Les Thielman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Henninger advances to second on the play. Ryozo Wako comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Russ Sykes singles to right field. Al Gorsica hits a home run. Bob Henninger scores. Russ Sykes scores. Ron Houser comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Gonzalez is hit by a pitch. Tink Cardenas grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Frank Gonzalez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Dee Robinson triples. Ken Nagatomi pops out to the shortstop. Ray Brandon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Hirokazu Kawa grounds out to the third baseman. Dee Robinson scores. Doc Reimer singles to center field. Kunihisa Shibata flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Fred Dunlop strikes out. Ray Brandon strikes out. Bob Henninger grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara hits a home run. Billy Tate comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ginger Nordyke grounds out to the shortstop. Jef Ceulemans grounds out to the shortstop. Teruhiko Akimoto is pinch hitting for Ron Houser. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Teruhiko Akimoto strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners LOB: 5 Oakland total runners LOB: 5
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joe Bisland did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Tony Lindstrom did not respond to coaching in control Jack Phillips improves in velocity Tony Moolic did not respond to coaching in C
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Arlie McGunnigle improves in contact_vs_righty Hiroaki Hoshi improves in contact_vs_righty Eddie Zimmerman did not respond to coaching in control